κατανάγκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κατα- (kata-) + ἀνάγκη (anánkē, “constraint”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.ta.náŋ.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.taˈnaŋ.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.taˈnaɲ.ɟi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.taˈnaɲ.ɟi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.taˈnaɲ.ɟi/
Noun
κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκη • (kătănắnkē) f (genitive κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκη hē kătănắnkē |
τὼ κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκᾱ tṑ kătănắnkā |
αἱ κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκαι hai kătănắnkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκης tês kătănắnkēs |
τοῖν κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκαιν toîn kătănắnkain |
τῶν κᾰτᾰνᾰγκῶν tôn kătănănkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκῃ tēî kătănắnkēi |
τοῖν κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκαιν toîn kătănắnkain |
ταῖς κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκαις taîs kătănắnkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκην tḕn kătănắnkēn |
τὼ κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκᾱ tṑ kătănắnkā |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκᾱς tā̀s kătănắnkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκη kătănắnkē |
κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκᾱ kătănắnkā |
κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκαι kătănắnkai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Catananche
- → English: catananche
Further reading
- “κατανάγκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κατανάγκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette